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Giving radiotherapy in fewer, larger treatments is at least as safe and effective at treating early breast cancer as the international standard dose. Giving radiotherapy in fewer, larger treatments is at least as safe and effective at treating early breast cancer as the international standard dose.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 19 September 2013

19 September 2013

Neuroblastoma is a type of childhood cancer and our researchers are pioneering new clinical trials to tackle aggressive forms of the disease - how does it work? Neuroblastoma is a type of childhood cancer and our researchers are pioneering new clinical trials to tackle aggressive forms of the disease - how does it work?

by Emma Smith | Analysis | 13 August 2013

13 August 2013

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We turn our focus towards rare cancers and how the difficulty in tackling these diseases can be addressed through globe-spanning research collaboration. We turn our focus towards rare cancers and how the difficulty in tackling these diseases can be addressed through globe-spanning research collaboration.

by Kat Arney | Analysis | 8 August 2013

8 August 2013

  • Health & Medicine

The story of temozolomide

From its early development in the 1970's to its use as an important treatment for adult brain tumours, we explore the history of the cancer drug temozolomide. From its early development in the 1970's to its use as an important treatment for adult brain tumours, we explore the history of the cancer drug temozolomide.

by Kat Arney | Analysis | 18 July 2013

18 July 2013

This entry is part 13 of 30 in the series Our milestones
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Taking tamoxifen for 10 rather than five years halves the risk of women dying from the most common kind of breast cancer. Taking tamoxifen for 10 rather than five years halves the risk of women dying from the most common kind of breast cancer.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 2 June 2013

2 June 2013

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  • Science & Technology
  • Health & Medicine

Watching cancers evolve using ‘liquid biopsies’

Tumours release DNA into the bloodstream, and scientists have been investigating whether this could offer clues about a cancer - take a look at what they found. Tumours release DNA into the bloodstream, and scientists have been investigating whether this could offer clues about a cancer - take a look at what they found.

by Henry Scowcroft | Analysis | 8 April 2013

8 April 2013